控
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kòng · to accuse, to charge

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11Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 控

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kòngWords pronounced kòng
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Example sentences

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Yí qiè dōu zài kòng zhì zhī zhōng.一切都在控制之中。

Everything is under control.

Source: Tatoeba #10477403 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā kòng gào tā tōu tā de qián.她控告他偷她的钱。

She accused him of stealing her money.

Source: Tatoeba #1193359 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Shì qíng yào shī kòng le.事情要失控了。

Things are getting out of control.

Source: Tatoeba #6309824 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā zhǐ kòng wǒ tōu le tā de shǒu biǎo.他指控我偷了他的手表。

He accused me of having stolen his watch.

Source: Tatoeba #8761456 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā bèi kòng gào shā rén zuì.他被控告杀人罪。

He was accused of murder.

Source: Tatoeba #783007 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ mén gēn běn kòng zhì bùliǎo.我們根本控制不了。

We had absolutely no control.

Source: Tatoeba #13983102 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 控 in context

  1. Say kòng, then recall the core meaning: to accuse, to charge.
  2. Write all 11 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 控制 (kòng zhì), meaning “to control”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 控 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.